Director : Zeng Nianping

Starring : Wu Junchen / Zhou Xun / Chen Kun / Liu Dong / Shen Yuqian / Huang Jue / Zhang Chunnian / Liu Changsheng / Zheng Tianyong / Min Xiding

First broadcast : 2003-07-10

Plot Summary :

　　20 The story of the television series “The Merchant’s House” takes place in… 19 In Tianjin, the capital region at the turn of the century where Eastern and Western cultures converged, the entire play, through a panoramic depiction of a comprador family and its extensive social network, portrays… 100 The historical upheavals of the year before and the shifting fates of countless ordinary people.

　　Yu Zipeng, a spirited and patriotic young overseas student, returned to his homeland with the ideal of saving the nation through industry. On the ship back home, he met Tomoko, a youthful and beautiful Japanese girl. The lovers, smitten at first sight, seemed from the very outset to be walking down the path of a tragic romance. ……